The main idea I had today was that the battle would be between extrapolated technologies and the cyborg technologies. The extrapolated, Ekranoplan-esque technologies are baroque puffery. The engines and war machinery are all visible, but some of them are only cosmetic. The cyborg technologies are bloody and meaty. They make our heroes queasy.
The story's question is whether our young child hero will go to war or not. There would be mundane dialogue like (as they eat):
Are you going to fight?
I don't know
My dad said he would if they'd let him
In the end he decides to go and he kisses his mom goodbye. We see wounded war veterans at the beginning and the end. At the beginning the veteran is wearing a fancy cage-like contraption like the image from Chariots of Fire. At the end, the veteran is wearing a contraption that looks pieced together from wire and cardboard. Economically, the war is not going well for them.
There are three things I hate about this version. 1) It seems like a parable about sending children to war (bad Iraq war commentary). 2) It seems like a parable about the Iraq war's debilitating effect on our economy. 3) It seems like a parable about the mistreatment of Iraq war veterans.
Above: I found the very kit-bashable Walrus MK at the hobby store over the weekend so I picked one up.
2 comments:
0) It seems like a parable
Someone's going to get slapped.
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